My Android Solutions

Kotlin RecyclerView

August 17, 2018

In this post we will write in Kotlin a very simple example for RecylcerView. First, you can search for RecyclerView in the view search box. Drag and drop the RecyclerView below ConstraintLayout and you will be prompt to import in…

Kotlin ListView with ViewHolder

August 17, 2018

Laura Suciu

Kotlin

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In this post we will create a ListView with ViewHolder adapter but we will write the code in Kotlin. For creating xml files for ListView and list items, follow the steps from this post. Next, you have to create a…

Kotlin Common Questions

August 17, 2018

Laura Suciu

Kotlin

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1. Where should we keep constants in Kotlin? if you need constants to be accessed globally use const as top-level properties (not inside a class). In order to do this create a Kotlin file named Constants.kt. The file would look like…

Smart home (IoT) – the beginnings

January 7, 2018

Catalin Prata

Articles, IoT

android, arduino, esp8266, IoT, nodemcu, relay

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Intro Since I am a fan of DYI and love gadgets(and IoT), I started to play with a Raspberry Pi and ESP8266 for a while. I had some failing ideas like automating my curtains, after long plans and setup, I…

Kotlin – for, while, if, when

January 5, 2018

Laura Suciu

Kotlin

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Control flow: for, while, if, when This post is for beginners who want to start learning Kotlin language and already know Java. We will show simple examples of for, while, if, when in both languages, in parallel, for an easier understanding.…

Android Show HTML Bulleted List from strings.xml

November 27, 2017

Laura Suciu

Snippets, Solutions

android, bulleted list, strings.xml

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If you search on the internet about how to show a bulleted list from strings.xml using HTML tags, most of the answers will say that you should use a WebView, or to use the bullet symbol directly, or other alternatives.…

Android Activity launchMode

November 15, 2017

Laura Suciu

Articles

android, back button, back stack, launchMode, singleInstance, singleTask, task, taskAffinity

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In Android you can specify activity launchMode. You can do this either from AndroidManifest.xml file, either using intents with flags. Some of the flags produce the same effects like those from AndroidManifest.xml, but there are some flags that can be…

Android Add Game Leaderboard

November 2, 2017

Laura Suciu

Tutorial

android game leaderboards, android how to add leaderboard, game

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In order to display leaderboards from your game you will have to set up your project and to be signed in. Below you will learn how to do this. Project Setup Download the Android samples from https://github.com/playgameservices/android-basic-samples Import BaseGameUtils into your project…

Android ViewPager Tutorial

October 20, 2017

Laura Suciu

Tutorial

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In Android, if you need to swipe from right to left or vice-versa in order to see different data, you can use a ViewPager. In order to use it, you have to implement a PagerAdapter which will generate the pages…